Public Citizen

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued a series of orders to five companies offering “buy now, pay later” credit. The orders to collect information on the risks and benefits of these fast-growing loans went to Affirm, Afterpay, Klarna, PayPal, and Zip.

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Credit Corp

JANUARY 7, 2021

Unfortunately, holiday credit card debt lingers far longer than leftover turkey. If you don’t—or can’t—repay holiday debt promptly, it’ll accumulate over time. If you want to lose the plastic altogether, think about applying for a debt consolidation loan. Go for a loan with a low interest.

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Collection Industry News

MARCH 19, 2024

Today, about 61% of American households have credit card debt and the average credit card debt balance sits at $5,875. On top of historic credit card balances, delinquencies continue to climb across the board: automotive, mortgage, bank cards, and unsecured personal loans.

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Credit Corp

JUNE 8, 2023

When you borrow money, whether through a revolving account, like credit cards , or an installment account, like an auto loan or student loan , the information is gathered by the credit bureaus. The data the bureaus keep in your credit files is the date used to calculate your credit scores.

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Titan Consulting

MAY 17, 2020

As lenders acknowledge the need for alternative credit data, companies are finding innovative ways to track non-traditional payments without requiring consumers to borrow money or use a credit card. Rental agencies and alternative credit providers use the data to screen applicants and establish consumer credit scores.

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Fico Collections

AUGUST 29, 2022

As shown in figure 3, recent missed payments are up most notably on bankcards , followed by auto loans. During the first year of the pandemic, the combination of government stimulus programs such as the CARES Act and payment accommodation programs offered by lenders helped millions of consumers stave off missed payments. See all Posts.

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Collection Industry News

AUGUST 25, 2024

The report shows total household debt increased by $109 billion (0.6%) in Q2 2024, to $17.80 The report is based on data from the New York Fed’s nationally representative Consumer Credit Panel. Credit card balances increased by $27 billion to $1.14 Auto loan balances saw a $10 billion increase and stood at $1.63

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Collection Industry News

MAY 19, 2024

The report is based on data from the New York Fed’s nationally representative Consumer Credit Panel. The New York Fed also issued an accompanying Liberty Street Economics blog post examining credit card utilization and its relationship with delinquency. Credit card balances decreased by $14 billion to $1.12

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Better Credit Blog

JANUARY 20, 2022

This is why many people engage the services of a debt relief agency. TransUnion calculates that paying off $5,000 of credit card debt at the minimum rate costs $10,000 in interest. It was for a PMSI loan for an outdoor wood burning furnace. I came to learn that FDR mainly only works with credit cards.

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Titan Consulting

MAY 3, 2020

All three for-profit credit reporting agencies, Experian, Equifax and Transunion compile and report consumer credit and debt payment activity and sell this consumer information to lenders seeking to grant credit. Here’s why: Who Decides Your Credit Score? Amounts owed in relation to credit limits.

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Collection Industry News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Credit card delinquency rates also rose across the board, according to the New York Fed, but especially among millennials, or borrowers between the ages of 30 and 39, who are burdened by high levels of student loan debt. As the federal funds rate rose, the prime rate did, as well, and credit card rates followed suit.

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Troutman Sanders

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Department of Treasury (collectively, the agencies) jointly issued a Request for Information (Request) seeking public comment on medical credit cards, loans, and other financial products used to pay for health care. Enrolling patients for a third-party credit card or loan if the patient is sedated or unconscious.

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Collection Industry News

DECEMBER 21, 2022

News & World Report shows that more than eight in 10 Americans who have credit card debt are experiencing anywhere from a little to a lot of anxiety about it. Nearly 31% have at least $6,000 of credit card debt. have credit card debt of $10,000 or more.

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Collection Industry News

OCTOBER 5, 2021

“We did have a crisis,” said Brian Riley, director of credit advisory services at Mercator Advisory Group, “but because of the support that was given, it really kept the market for consumer credit steady.”. He added that card issuers behaved “a lot more rationally” in comparison with the 2007-2009 crisis.

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Collection Industry News

JULY 12, 2021

Americans borrowed a lot more money in May, according to new data from the Federal Reserve’s Consumer Credit Report released in July. There was a 10% increase in credit use on a seasonally adjusted annual basis in May 2021. In May 2021, the total outstanding balance of consumer credit hit $4.25

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Debt Free Colorado

JUNE 18, 2024

This applies to unpaid debts such as: Unsecured debts: These are debts not tied to a specific asset, like credit card debt, medical bills, or personal loans. This includes credit card debt, medical bills, personal loans, and certain finance company charges.

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Troutman Sanders

DECEMBER 7, 2021

On December 1, the CFPB, the Federal Reserve Board, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced that the 2022 threshold for exempting loans from special appraisal requirements for higher-priced mortgage loans will increase from $27,200 to $28,500. For more information, click here. For more information, click here.

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Credit Corp

JANUARY 9, 2022

These are scores lenders use when evaluating you for credit, including mortgages, auto loans and credit cards. Seeing more than two dozen of your scores helps you get a comprehensive idea of where your credit stands. Check out your credit score today! With this feature, you get 28 of your FICO® scores.

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Collection Industry News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Using the CFPB’s Making Ends Meet survey and consumer credit data, CFPB researchers found that financial conditions faced by renters and homeowners were divergent before the pandemic. Renters’ debt obligations also differed considerably from those of homeowners before the pandemic.

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Fico Collections

JANUARY 26, 2022

FICO® Score At 716, Indicating Improvement In Consumer Credit Behaviors Despite Pandemic. Ethan Dornhelm wrote: The FICO® Score is the lingua franca, or common language, for the credit scoring industry. It serves as a broad-based, independent standard measure of credit risk. Fewer consumers are actively seeking credit.

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Fico Collections

JANUARY 15, 2021

In our top post, Vice President and General Manager of Scores, Sally Taylor explained the new FICO Resilience Index, designed to provide lenders with a more precise assessment of consumer credit risk and consumers with demonstrated talent for weathering economic storms greater access to credit.

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Titan Consulting

MAY 10, 2020

In the last 30 years, the Fair Isaac and Company, better known as FICO, changed the way the lenders evaluate consumer applications. The FICO score, introduced in 1989, uses consumer credit payment history, to create a proprietary three-digit number predicting future repayment risk. Which Lenders Use the FICO XD. Final Thoughts.

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True Accord

JULY 5, 2022

While the markets are pricing these into forecasts , consumers will feel them more acutely in a number of ways. Credit card balances are also already up year over year, reaching $841 billion in the first quarter of 2022, and are expected to keep rising, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

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Troutman Sanders

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Our bank and loan servicing clients also face novel challenges affecting their industry due to COVID-19, particularly the ever-changing rules and regulations concerning evictions and foreclosures. In reviewing the market for potential consumer harm, the report presents the latest research on consumer card use, cost, and availability.

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Troutman Sanders

MAY 9, 2023

On May 1, the CFPB proposed a rule to implement a congressional mandate to establish consumer protections for residential property assessed clean energy (PACE) loans. PACE loans, secured by a property tax lien on the borrower’s home, are often promoted as a way to finance clean energy improvements, such as solar panels.

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Collection Industry News

JANUARY 25, 2023

Issuers will likely turn off the spigot of generous incentives and easy credit in 2023 in response to a weaker economy, according to analysts. We spoke to credit experts about emerging credit card trends, how they may impact consumers and how you can prepare. People might find themselves in more credit card debt.

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Collection Industry News

AUGUST 30, 2021

of Americans had medical debt in collections as of June 2020, according to a study from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), which analyzed consumer credit reports between January 2009 and June 2020. We ended up refinancing our mortgage to combine our credit card debt that was significantly over $10,000.

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Troutman Sanders

OCTOBER 30, 2023

On October 25, the CFPB released its biennial report to Congress on the consumer credit card market. The report found that in 2022 credit card companies charged consumers more than $105 billion in interest and more than $25 billion in fees. For more information, click here. For more information, click here.

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FDCPA Defense

JUNE 9, 2012

The Credit Recovery Co. , 1998) (section 1692e(8) "requires a debt collector who knows or should know that a given debt is disputed to disclose its disputed status to persons inquiring about a consumer's credit history.") (emphasis added); Sunga v. Midland Credit Mgmt., 3d 64, 67 (1st Cir. General Serv.

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Fico Collections

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Information and data continue to be key tools at our disposal to better understand the dynamics of the last couple of years, and better navigate what lies ahead for the Canadian consumer credit environment.

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Troutman Sanders

JULY 11, 2023

Department of the Treasury (Treasury) launched an inquiry into specialty financial products, such as medical credit cards and installment loans, that consumers can use to pay for medical care. The CFPB further alleged that the defendants made guarantees about lowering consumers’ credit card interest rates.

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Burt and Associates

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Consumer Debt and Collections 2.1 Consumer Debt 2.1.1 Introduction: Provides an overview of the consumer debt landscape and its influence on the debt collection industry. Factors: Examines factors contributing to the rise in consumer debt, including higher inflation and interest rates.

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Collection Industry News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Some lawmakers and regulators are calling for interest rate caps and lower fees on credit cards as debt levels march higher. Total credit card debt topped $1 trillion in the second quarter of 2023 for the first time ever. Federally chartered credit unions have an 18% limit. For example, Sen.

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